POMONA >> Pretty Lights used electronics, while AlunaGeorge used some live instrumentation during this year’s two-day HARD Day of the Dead music festival.

Pretty Lights, who performed on the main Hard stage, drew a large crowd to their performance that featured a multi-colored light display on the largest stage at the festival.

Derek Vincent Smith, who uses the moniker Pretty Lights, blended together his self-described “electrohiphopsoul,” with songs like “Finally Moving” that interspersed Rappin’ 4-Tay’s lyrics from “Playaz Club” during the performance. The San Francisco hip-hop artist had a hit with the sample from William Bell and Judy Clay (off the song “Private Number”) in 1994.

He also performed catchy tracks like “Around the Block,” but minus the appearance of hip-hop artist Talib Kweli, and “Sunday School.”

Before Pretty Lights, at the indoor 7up stage, AlunaGeorge performed its hip-pop and electronic material to an excited crowd. The group’s sound was unfortunately muffled throughout because of the small room and bad acoustics.

Aluna Francis, lead singer of AlunaGeorge, sounded really good on the always popular Montell Jordan 1995 cover “This Is How We Do It Cover” as well as other material.

Francis also performed “Best Be Believing,” while a drummer and a keyboardist backed her up with great stage presence and charisma while walking the stage back and forth.

The group also performed its latest single “Supernatural,” which drew a lot of applause.